JJ Smith 10 Day cleanse

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  • TR0berts
    TR0berts Posts: 7,739 Member
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  • nutmegoreo
    nutmegoreo Posts: 15,532 Member
    MommyMeggo wrote: »
    TR0berts wrote: »
    MommyMeggo wrote: »
    bpetrosky wrote: »
    MommyMeggo wrote: »
    Not gonna lie; there's a fitness club opened up near me and they've got bottles of this in the window. Side-eyeing them so hard. (I know, I know; just because they sell the stuff doesn't mean that the fitness instructors don't know their stuff. But it gives me a great deal of pause...)

    https://www.totalcleanse.ca/pages/faq


    I STILL dont understand how juice rids your body of toxins and strengthens your immune system.

    $60 for a 1 day cleanse.
    $350 for a 7 day cleanse.
    https://www.totalcleanse.ca/collections/cleanse/products/purify-cleanse?variant=9689753411

    Wow!

    Obviously money is a filthy toxin and must be cleansed from the wallet.

    Do you have any idea how many peoples filthy hands have touched those 20$ bills? you should probably just give them to me for safe disposal.

    ...but the $1's...

    You don't know where those ones have been.

    I DO know where they've been...thats the problem.

    Hmmm... this no longer seems like family friendly fun :open_mouth::laugh:
  • beautyonecw
    beautyonecw Posts: 2 Member
    Hello, my husband and I are wanting to start the JJ Smith 10 day green smoothie cleanse. Just thought I would see if anyone has done this, has any advice or if anyone would like to join in for support. Feel free to add me if you want, we plan to start on Friday giving us a day to get all of the shopping done etc.

  • beautyonecw
    beautyonecw Posts: 2 Member
    I'm very surprised by the negativity response. The program works. I joined JJ Smith 10-day Green Smoothie Challenge group on the Facebook page. There, you get nothing but positivity. I lose 5 pounds in the 10 days in the month of May but I was not fully committed. I was dealing with stressful situation in my life at that time. The books and Facebook group really inspiring and helpful. I would do this program over and over again because of the support. I hope this was helpful. Don't listen to the negative.
  • bpetrosky
    bpetrosky Posts: 3,911 Member
    It only "works" because you end up eating in a calorie deficit. The smoothies are irrelevant. Advice for people to avoid wasting time and money on unnecessary gimmicks shilled by the likes of Dr. Oz is a positive, not a negative.
  • cardiacmommy
    cardiacmommy Posts: 52 Member
    I have heard a little about JJ virgin and I think her big thing is identifying food allergies. You limit several food types that tend to be responsible for food allergies then add them back in one by one. Perhaps this is the type of "cleanse" the op was doing?
    I'm not sure that going whole hog on eating lots of nutritious food for 10 days is so awful if it helps get you motivated and on track and off some of your bad trigger foods. But definitely a lifestyle change is needed for long term success.
  • misskarne
    misskarne Posts: 1,765 Member
    I have heard a little about JJ virgin and I think her big thing is identifying food allergies. You limit several food types that tend to be responsible for food allergies then add them back in one by one. Perhaps this is the type of "cleanse" the op was doing?
    I'm not sure that going whole hog on eating lots of nutritious food for 10 days is so awful if it helps get you motivated and on track and off some of your bad trigger foods. But definitely a lifestyle change is needed for long term success.

    What? The OP describe a scamwoo juice cleanse, not an elimination diet. There's no food involved, it's all blended up fruit and veg.

    And food allergies weren't even mentioned.
  • enyagoboom
    enyagoboom Posts: 377 Member
    I pointed out elsewhere that I did this mainly to 'detox' my habits and nothing else. I lost 5 lbs in 3 weeks, this was not the quick loss plan for me because i was still eating food and making sure i had snacks available. I needed to do something to get fruits and vegs into my diet, help me plan/prepare, not take up a ton of room at work, and have a clear *end* and transition.

    The big thing was in using the MFP food diary, I could see the difference between not-smoothies and smoothies. The amount of sugar in the smoothies from fruit kicks me either to the limit of 60 grams a day or over - and then if I eat anything else? Way over. It was eye opening because before MFP/Smoothies I was not eating well and I dread to think what my sugar intake was just from soda.

    It is a tool, but not a long term tool. You have to do the work outside of this one thing to keep moving forward or it's just another gimmick. Gimmicks don't lose weight or get fit.
  • enyagoboom
    enyagoboom Posts: 377 Member
    Like Peanutbuttertuesday mentioned, you don't pay for any additives for the cleanse. It's fruit, veggies, flaxseeds, water, plus protein if you choose. I think I paid like... $8 for the book? and use my nutribullet.

    I don't disagree with the idea that detoxing is stupid, I'm just saying that it can be a good jumping off point for people like me. If this was all I was doing? I'd be setting myself up to fail.
  • Carlos_421
    Carlos_421 Posts: 5,132 Member
    MommyMeggo wrote: »
    TR0berts wrote: »
    MommyMeggo wrote: »
    bpetrosky wrote: »
    MommyMeggo wrote: »
    Not gonna lie; there's a fitness club opened up near me and they've got bottles of this in the window. Side-eyeing them so hard. (I know, I know; just because they sell the stuff doesn't mean that the fitness instructors don't know their stuff. But it gives me a great deal of pause...)

    https://www.totalcleanse.ca/pages/faq


    I STILL dont understand how juice rids your body of toxins and strengthens your immune system.

    $60 for a 1 day cleanse.
    $350 for a 7 day cleanse.
    https://www.totalcleanse.ca/collections/cleanse/products/purify-cleanse?variant=9689753411

    Wow!

    Obviously money is a filthy toxin and must be cleansed from the wallet.

    Do you have any idea how many peoples filthy hands have touched those 20$ bills? you should probably just give them to me for safe disposal.

    ...but the $1's...

    You don't know where those ones have been.

    I DO know where they've been...thats the problem.

    Offering plates
  • CharlieBeansmomTracey
    CharlieBeansmomTracey Posts: 7,682 Member
    edited September 2017
    Ive the cleanse and i can say it gets your bowels moving and moves inches from your waist. I noticed it didnt change the junk food crazings i had. But the smoothies i do drink for breakfast and are a good way to consume veggies.

    you lost inches because it cleaned you out it didnt remove fat.I experience the same thing when I eat a lot of fiber
  • ahoy_m8
    ahoy_m8 Posts: 3,053 Member
    If the smoothies (blended whole vegetables, no fiber removed as in "juicing") sound appealing to you guys, try them out!

    Friends of mine have had "green drink" of blended vegetables every morning for a couple years. Honestly, theirs has pineapple or pineapple juice, so loooots of sugar. Natural sugar, but sugar all the same. It's a big volume of food reduced to a glass and they use it to supplement meals (not as meal replacement) to incorporate more vegetables in their diet.

    I enjoy eating vegetables, and much much prefer eating them to drinking them. And I don't like my vegetables sweetened, but that's my preference. So I wouldn't like it but to each their own. If you try it and like it and it helps you eat the vegetables you need, maybe have one a couple days a week. I would not use it to replace meals because... macros. And I certainly wouldn't replace ALL meals much less all meals for several days. It just sounds monotonous and I'd be so hungry without fat & protein. You might enjoy them more as a regular snack than as a grueling "cleanse." I'm not being negative, just practical. Good luck whatever you choose!
  • Rebirth08
    Rebirth08 Posts: 174 Member
    I did the 10 day cleanse. I'm glad I did it, at the time...but I have no desire or plan to do it again. There were some benefits to the cleanse, though: (1) I learned new smoothie recipes. (2) I learned that drinking smoothies all day is WACK! (3) I learned how to incorporate smoothies into my healthy diet, not make them a diet, and (4) I gained some self control. At the end of the 10 days, I think I was 10 pounds lighter, but as I went back to eating 'normal' (not unhealthy foods, either), I was up five pounds. So I guess I actually lost 5 pounds of actual fat, I don't know.